Up to 87.6% of Belarusians trust state media – results of social research
The growing trust in the Belarusian state media was reported by the director of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
Nikolai Myslivets, Director of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, commented on the results of the republican sociological research on topical issues of the international and domestic agenda, reports the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency.
63.8% of respondents trust the state media. According to N. Myslivets, which leads BelTA, the figures indicate an objectively high demand of the population for reliable and high-quality information. Grodno region is characterized by the highest level of public confidence in state media - 87.6%.
- In general, the level of trust in state media is relatively uniform across the country. Based on the long-term practice of conducting sociological research, it can be stated that confidence in the Belarusian state media is growing every year. This trend allows us to talk about their growing popularity and demand from the Belarusian media audience, said the director of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences.
N. Myslivets added that the high level of trust in the state media, according to the social research, is due to the significant public demand for reliable, objective and meaningful information. In the conditions of global information turbulence, which is characterized by the active spread of fakes and technologies for manipulating public opinion, the Belarusian viewer, reader, user of the network space wants to receive truthful information about events in the country and the world.
- Domestic journalism and the Belarusian media space as a whole are confidently reacting to external information challenges and threats emanating from information resources of unfriendly states, including the unjustified blocking of state media resources on YouTube, the director of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS noted.
He explained that the development of author journalism, thematic versatility, focus on analytical content and the active involvement of experts from different spheres in commenting on the current information agenda allowed state media to become the platform that is actively visited by the Belarusian audience in order to receive objective and reliable information.
In July-August 2026, the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus commissioned by the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISI), covering 2,045 respondents from all regions of the country.
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